Venus at Greatest Eastern Elongation
Venus will be high up in the western evening sky after sunset today October 30, 2021 as it reaches its greatest eastern elongation.
A planet’s elongation is the angular separation between the Sun and the planet.
October 2021
28th October 2021 – Solar Flare from Sunspot AR2887
Earth orbiting satellites have just detected an X1-class solar flare from Earth-facing sunspot AR2887. The blast at 1535 UT on Oct. 28th (2335 Oct 28th MYT) created a massive tsunami of plasma in the sun’s atmosphere.
An Evening with Michael Teoh
An Evening with Michael Teoh Michael Teoh is an amateur astronomer residing in Penang, Malaysia. He is one of the founding committee members of the Astronomical Society of Penang and coach of the Heng Ee High School Astronomy Club. He is also administrating one of the largest astronomy groups on Facebook. Since 2003, he has …
Not-So-Great Red Spot of Jupiter
Be quick to observe the “Not So Great Red Spot of Jupiter” before it becomes even smaller or may even disappear! A favourite telescope object for Malaysian astronomy enthusiasts is the largest planet Jupiter with its many swirling clouds making bands of white, red, orange, brown and yellow colours. I could remember first observing Jupiter …
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Launch
All waiting for the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) on 18 December 2021 JWST will be launched on Saturday, 18 December 2021 (between 8.45 p.m. and 11.00 p.m., Malaysian Time) from the Arianespace EL3-A launchpad at the Guiana Space Centre, in Kourou, French Guiana. After a 16-day and 9,300 km journey by ship …
What’s Up in The Sky
Have you ever wondered, was there anything happening up above us in the quiet-blue sky, day and night? A new initiative was launched by our members and committee members of the the Astronomical Society of Penang, namely “What’s Up In The Sky”. This program series has been up running since the second quarter this year …